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A New NASA Cumulative Time in Space Record

Edit Universe Today 26 Aug 2016
Destiny laboratory, and the Quest airlock ... By the time Expedition 48's Soyuz capsule launched to rendezvous with the ISS on July 7th, 2016, Williams had already spent more than 362 days in space ... Once he and two of his mission colleagues - Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin - undock in their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft, they begin their descent towards Kazakhstan, arriving on Earth roughly three and a half hours later ... NASA ... ....

NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams Sets New US Space Endurance Record With 521 Days

Edit Slashdot 25 Aug 2016
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News. Space station commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S ... Williams now moves up to 17th on the list of the world's most experienced astronauts and cosmonauts ... Williams, Soyuz TMA-20M commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka were launched to the space station March 18. They plan to return to Earth Sept ... ....

Astronaut Jeff Williams Just Broke Scott Kelly's Space Endurance Record

Edit Houston Press 25 Aug 2016
A A. Facebook-. Twitter -. More shares recommend reddit email -. -. Well that was quick. It's only been about six months since now-retired astronaut Scott Kelly cracked the U.S. astronaut most-time-spent-in-space record, but another astronaut has already surpassed him ...  space traveler in stride ... SFA vs ...   ... Williams, Soyuz TMA-20M commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka were launched to the ISS on March 18 ... ....

Space companies' shares hitch a ride on successful rocket launches

Edit The National 25 Aug 2016
No wonder investors hold their breath on launch days. Two spectacular failures last year, including one at Elon Musk's SpaceX, did not help confidence ... One difference is the surge in interest in low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, like OneWeb, which plans to launch more than 600 satellites primarily on Soyuz rockets ordered from Arianespace and Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne dedicated smallsat launch system ... Mr Pysher agrees....

A Thousand Balls of Flame

Edit Information Clearing House 25 Aug 2016
“Russia is ready to respond to any provocation, but the last thing the Russians want is another war. And that, if you like good news, is the best news you are going to hear.” ... It seems that many people in the US like to think that way ... Since the humiliation of having to ask the Russians for permission to fly the Soyuz to the International Space Station makes the prospect of American space colonies seem dubious, it’s Plan B ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4....

Intelsat “doubles down” with Arianespace for an Ariane 5 dual success (Arianespace SA)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Aug 2016
The Arianespace Chairman and CEO also recognized this latest achievement's contributions from the European Space Agency (responsible for development of the Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launcher programs), as well as France's CNES space agency (the qualification authority for Ariane 5 and operating partner at the Spaceport)....

Arianespace orbits two satellites for Intelsat (Arianespace SA)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Aug 2016
(Source. Arianespace SA). Arianespace has successfully launched the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 satellites for Intel-sat, the world's leading provider of satellite services ... Arianespace and Intelsat. partners for more than 30 years ... Since 1980, Arianespace has placed more than 500 satellites into orbit with its three launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from French Gui-ana in South America, and from Baikonur, Kazakhstan (central Asia)....

Russian Space Tourist Company Eyes Flight Around The Moon With Upgraded Soyuz Spacecraft

Edit Inquisitr 24 Aug 2016
Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is partnering with U.S.-based Space Adventures to launch an eight person expedition aboard an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft into Earth orbit around the moon. Tickets aboard the upgraded Soyuz start at the sale price of $150 million per person and include a trip into orbit and flight around the moon....

The ISS-49/50 crews complete the examination session (OAO RKK Energiya im SPKoroleva)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Aug 2016
Today, on August 18 the ROSCOSMOS cosmonauts passed the examination in manual rendezvous of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft with the International Space Station ... the Soyuz MS and the Station rendezvous ... The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-02 manned transport spacecraft of a new modification is scheduled on September 23, 2016....

Rising Nationalism Will Change The Politics Of Space

Edit Medium 24 Aug 2016
“The crisis in Ukraine shows how terrestrial politics can threaten space cooperation, but fortunately, the ISS partnership weathered that storm,” he told me, noting that so far Russian threats to cut off access to Soyuz haven’t yet materialized ... might take a more assertive stance toward Russia on space issues,” he said — because then the United States wouldn’t be reliant on the Soyuz to get astronauts into space....
photo: NASA / Bricktop
ISS013-E-60772 (26 July 2006) --- Attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, is photographed in the TMA-8 Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station

He’s spent 521 days in space, a US record, but he’ll be home soon

Edit The Miami Herald 24 Aug 2016
Astronaut Jeffrey Williams has a new record for NASA under his space belt. The commander of the International Space Station marked a U.S. recording-breaking 521st day in orbit Wednesday, a number accumulated over four flights. That surpasses the 520-day record set by Scott Kelly, whose one-year space station mission ended in March ... His record won’t last long ... They will return via a Russian Soyuz capsule to Kazakhstan on Sept ... ....

Astronaut breaks US record: 521 days in space and counting

Edit Boston Herald 24 Aug 2016
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronaut Jeffrey Williams has a new record for NASA under his space belt. The commander of the International Space Station marked a U.S. recording-breaking 521st day in orbit Wednesday, a number accumulated over four flights. That surpasses the 520-day record set by Scott Kelly, whose one-year space station mission ended in March ... They will return via a Russian Soyuz capsule to Kazakhstan on Sept. 7 ... ___. Online.....

Call for Media: Thomas Pesquet calls in from Houston (ESA - European Space Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Aug 2016
(Source. ESA - European Space Agency). ESA - ESA root - ESA. 24 August 2016. During a break in his training schedule, French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be available at a press conference in Paris for remote media interviews on Tuesday, 30 August ... Thomas's mission is ESA's ninth long-duration mission to the Space Station. It will start in November with the launch of his Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... Tel....
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